What do you want to be when you grow up? I would like to run a pedal swan empire on the Thames.

What is your all-time favourite album?A mixtape my friend made when I had two broken feet and couldn’t walk for months. The tracklist included ‘Footloose’ and ‘Happy Feet’. The cover bore the Groucho Marx quote ‘Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticise them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.’

What are you listening to at this very second? The blood rushing through my head as I fall into a sugar coma.

First musical memory?My brother playing Jive Bunny. I still hear the voices. And take the medication.

What is your claim to fame? I represented Glasgow University on University Challenge. And once hung out for the night with TV’s popular Sylvester McCoy. Rock. And. Roll.